Informative Speech

Please use the following resources to find information for your informative speech:

TASK ONE: FEMA Testimony on Current Rebuilding Efforts in New Orleans

• Louisiana Transition Recovery Office
• New Orleans Metropolitan Area (NOMA) Infrastructure Projects
• Louisiana Politics and Government, featuring Obama's August report
• President Obama to New Orleans: "We Will Rebuild" (October 2009)
• NPR: Obama Vows to rebuild New Orleans (October 2009)

TASK TWO: Speech on "New Media: A Weapon in New World Politics"

• Books on shelf
• To get to the sites linked below, go to Gale or SIRS through the Library SharePoint site, and search by article title.)
• Mass Media Topic Overview (politics and YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook)
• Do the Mainstream Media Have a Liberal Bias? (articles that answer the question both ways) "To access the articles below, go to Gale's Opposing Viewpoints, and search by article title:
• "Blogs keep Watch Over Mainstream Media"
• "The Corporate Media Threaten Democracy"
• "Greater Public Exposure of the Private Lives of Politicans Would Not Benefit America"
• "Liberal Media Bias is a Myth"
• "The Media are Influenced by Conservative Interests"
• "Media Bias is a Serious Problem"
• "Media Coverage of Candidates is Generally Balanced"
• "Media Coverage of Candidates is Objective"
• "The Media often Distort Candidates' Positions"
• "The Media Often Unfairly Favor One Candidate Over Another"
• "Media Polls Positively Affect the American Political Process"
• "Presidential Debates Are an Important Component of the Election Process"

TASK THREE: Speech on Moving Detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Leavenworth, KS

• (To get to the sites linked below, go through the Library SharePoint site, and search by article title.)
• Gale's Opposing Viewpoints Search "guantanamo," and check out the viewpoints articles.
• SIRS Leading Issues Search "guantanamo."
• Proquest Platinum Search "guantanamo detainees."
• City of Leavenworth, KS